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I'm Small

from Cities by Jonathon Roberts

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"I'm Small" is from a song cycle, "Cities", personifying biblical cities. It is sung from the point of view of Bethlehem, specifically inspired by the passage in Micah 5:2, “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

The bulk of this song was written a few years ago before my wife Emily and I had kids, imagining a small Bethlehem embracing this news, but it didn't come into focus until jamming with my then 20-month old Walter. I guess it takes playing with someone small to finish a song about smallness.

We are small, we are small, stand with me and sing!

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I'm small
I'm small
All my brothers are bigger than me

I'm small
I'm small
All my sisters are bigger, too

But you don't know me
I've been around since ancient times
I got a plan, I got a plan that's old

Though I'm small
There'll come a day
When out of me there will come a king

There'll come a day when you too will feel small
You'll feel abandoned
Then stand with me and watch all my brothers and sisters stand, too

You should know me
I've been around since ancient times
I got a plan, I got a plan that's old

Out of me will come a king
Just like you, he'll be small, too
But when he stands, he'll be might
He'll be tall, he'll be strong

We are small, we are small
Stand with me and sing
We are small, we are small
We're children of the king

We are small, we are small
Stand with me and sing
We are small, we are small
We're children of the king

He will know us
He's been around since ancient times
He's got a plan
He's got a plan that's old

He will reign, he will lead
A Shepherd and a King
And there will be,
there will be peace everywhere and on everything

credits

from Cities, released February 22, 2017
Jonathon Roberts: vocals, piano, drum programming
Emily Clare Zempel: vocals
Ariana Rosen: violin
Kevin Gosa: soprano and alto saxophones, backing vocals
Meaghan Burke: cello, backing vocals
James Hall: Trombone, backing vocals
Walter Roberts: backing vocals

Music, lyrics, and production by Jonathon Roberts

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Jonathon Roberts Beacon, New York

Jonathon MT Roberts is a composer and performer inspired by biblical text with a background in classical, jazz and, pop. He collaborates with his wife Emily Clare Zempel for the Spark & Echo band and write off the beaten path music and theatre. Founder of Spark and Echo Arts. ... more

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